Method of embossing with manually adjustable patterns or designs

ABSTRACT

A method of producing an embossing plate is disclosed wherein the conventionally used stamping dies or the like are dispensed with, and the ingenuity and creative thoughts of the worker are fully transported into the finished works through his arbitrary adjusting or modifying of the raised patterns or designs on a background plate. The raised patterns or designs may be formed of residual cloths or fibers to enable a low-cost decorative embossment. The cloth material is randomly distributed within a provided opening in the background plate, and subsequently coated with stiff plastic material to fix the arbitrary pattern formed.

United States Patent 11 1 Lin 1 June 24, 1975 [76] Inventor: Din-Min Lin, 2-1, Alley l5 Ln. 68,

Section 2 Hsin Sheng North Rd., Taipei, China /Taiwan [22] Filed: July 24, 1974 [21] Appl. No.: 491,458

[52] US. Cl. 156/63; 156/72; 156/148;

156/252; 156/293; 161/63; 161/67 [51] Int. Cl. B44c 5/00 [58] Field of Search 161/63, 67', 156/63, [48,

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,484,316 12/1969 Dirrim 156/63 3,674,616 7/1972 Howard 156/63 Primary Examiner-Edward G. Whitby ABSTRACT A method of producing an embossing plate is disclosed wherein the conventionally used stamping dies or the like are dispensed with, and the ingenuity and creative thoughts of the worker are fully transported into the finished works through his arbitrary adjusting or modifying of the raised patterns or designs on a background plate. The raised patterns or designs may be formed of residual cloths or fibers to enable a lowcost decorative embossment. The cloth material is randomly distributed within a provided opening in the background plate, and subsequently coated with stiff plastic material to fix the arbitrary pattern formed.

1 Claim, 4 Drawing Figures METHOD OF EMBOSSING WITH MANUALLY ADJUSTABLE PATTERNS OR DESIGNS BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION A conventional method of embossing is to press the material to be decorated between two dies. The resulting patterns or designs are wearily uniform and unnatural. Furthermore, letters or characters, especially Chinese characters, embossed in this way usually lack penmenship or calligraphic beauty, and the stroke, proportion, or rhythm thereof is always unsatisfactory.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above difficulties with conventional embossing methods have been overcome by the present invention. One object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing an embossing plate wherein various raised letters, characters, patterns or designs are formed of fibers or cloths, thereby to enable a low cost and creative embossing.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing an embossing plate wherein the raised patterns or designs can be worked out or modified at ones own will, thereby to achieve a vivid embossing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a background plate with a Chinese character punched thereon;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the punched background plate with a piece of cloth passing through the punched portions of the plate from the rear side and protruding out of the fibered front surface thereof;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a finished character embossment processed according to the present invention; and

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a tree embossment processed according to the present invention, with a part thereof split off.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The method of embossing according to the present invention will now be described hereinbelow with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Step l-Provide a background plate 1 having a layer of fiber mounted on the front surface thereof, and then punch the plate to form a desired punched pattern, e g the Chinese character shown in FIG. 1.

Step 2-Put behind the background plate a piece of selected cloth or fiber 2 having an area about twice the size of the punched pattern, and then push the cloth or fiber with the fingers through the punched holes to protrude the same out of the fibered front surface of the background plate, thereby to form a pattern in relief on said plate, as shown in FIG. 2.

Step 3-Adjust or modify manually the protruding cloth or fiber at ones will so as to obtain a creative and lit vivid pattern.

Step 4Glue the cloth or fiber to the periphery walls of the punched holes on the background plate, and spray the raised surface of the cloth or fiber with a liquid resin oil containing polyamino to thereby obtain a stiff raised pattern.

Step 5-Glue another plate 3 to the rear surface of the background plate I and thereby sandwich the cloth or fiber 2 therebetween, as shown in FIG. 3.

The punch operation of step 1 is achieved by means of punches specially designed according to the patterns to be embossed, and therefore said punch operation is easily completed in a single stroke of the punch.

The raised pattern treated by Step 4 also possesses great resilience so that even if the pattern is carelessly or accidently subject to excessive pressure, it will restore its original shape without any substantial deformation. The cloth or fiber forming the raised patterns may be selected from the residual or waste material to further lower the cost. If desired, the whole finished work may be shielded within a transparent enclosure.

Any letter or character can be embossed in this manner. In case of embossing trees or flowers, the stems, trunks or branches thereof are first formed in relief in the aforementioned manner as shown in FIG. 4, while subsequently the leaves, blossoms, or petals, etc., are cut from other embroideries and attached to the proper places on the background plate before the firing step (Step 4).

This invention permits the creative thoughts of the worker to be fully transported into the finished work through his arbitrary arranging or adjusting of the raised patterns or designs, and as a result the tiresome uniformity of the patterns or designs conventionally stamped or pressed by the dies is readily eliminated.

What is claimed is:

l. A method of producing an embossing plate comprising the steps of:

a. providing a background plate having a layer of fiber mounted on the front surface thereof and then punching the plate to form a desired punched pattern;

b. passing a piece of cloth or fiber from the rear side of the plate through the punched holes and then protruding the same out of the fibered front surface of the plate to form thereon a raised pattern;

c. adjusting or modifying the protruding cloth or fiber at ones will so as to obtain a creative and vivid pattern;

d. gluing the cloth or fiber to the periphery walls of the punched holes on the background plate and then spraying the raised surface thereof with a liquid resin oil to thereby obtain a stiff raised pattern; and

e. sandwiching the cloth or fiber with another plate by gluing the latter to the rear surface of the background plate.

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1. A method of producing an embossing plate comprising the steps of: a. providing a background plate having a layer of fiber mounted on the front surface thereof and then punching the plate to form a desired punched pattern; b. passing a piece of cloth or fiber from the rear side of the plate through the punched holes and then protruding the same out of the fibered front surface of the plate to form thereon a raised pattern; c. adjusting or modifying the protruding cloth or fiber at one''s will so as to obtain a creative and vivid pattern; d. gluing the cloth or fiber to the periphery walls of the punched holes on the background plate and then spraying the raised surface thereof with a liquid resin oil to thereby obtain a stiff raised pattern; and e. sandwiching the cloth or fiber with another plate by gluing the latter to the rear surface of the background plate. 